After decades of forbidding foreign law enforcement officers from carrying weapons on Mexican soil, the Mexican government is on the verge of allowing U.S. agents to carry guns in places where they help speed the flow of goods between the two countries. Texas lawmakers are celebrating the move as a significant step toward increasing trade, and say Mexico is also expected to… Read more »

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La oficina del Congresista Henry Cuellar envío tres fotografías exclusivas por las cuales se puede ver el daño que causaron las balas que le dispararon a un helicóptero del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional el pasado viernes.   VIDEO: http://www.kldotv.com/2015/06/09/congresista-cuellar-reacciona-ante-disparos-a-helicoptero/ Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) today issued the following statement following reports that President Obama will nominate Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Department of State, to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. “I have been impressed with Ms. Jacobson’s deep knowledge of Mexico and the rest of Latin America and fully support her… Read more »

El congresista demócrata por el distrito 28 de Texas, Henry Cuéllar hoy emitió la siguiente declaración después de los informes de que el Presidente Barack Obama nominará a Roberta Jacobson, Secretaria Asistente para Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental del Departamento de Estado, para servir como Embajadora de Estados Unidos en México.   “Estoy impresionado con el profundo… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar has issued the following statement regarding news that Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., has been awarded a $34 million budget ceiling increase by the U.S. Air Force to a previously-awarded contract for the Personnel Services Delivery Transformation (PSDT) at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas   "This $34 million budget ceiling increase will be used… Read more »

Ten months into the U.S.-led war against the Islamic State, Congress still has neither debated it nor voted to authorize it. But on Tuesday, a House committee decided to do something about that: It passed a measure saying Congress should do something about that. Think of it as baby steps. During a House Appropriations Committee hearing, lawmakers added language to the 2016… Read more »

Congressman Will Hurd (R-Helotes) told a group of South Texas businessmen the success of the oil and natural gas industry in the United States is a matter of national security. Hurd made his remarks before a crowd of 200 people attending the Eagle Ford Consortium Conference in San Antonio on Thursday morning. "American energy security isn't just about securing… Read more »

Presidio County, City of Presidio, and Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico officials were in Washington, D.C. last week, advocating on behalf of the Presidio-Ojinaga International Bridge expansion project. The Far West Texas and northern Mexico delegation included Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara, Presidio County Commissioner Jim White, Presidio Mayor John Ferguson, Ojinaga… Read more »